I’ve had an awesome time tackling the challenge of digitizing The Arc’s Self-Determination Scale for our new transition specialist. I’ve been learning about The Arc as an organization and also how Schoology’s upcoming Assessment feature goes well beyond the traditional mindset and technical setup of their previous Test/Quiz feature. We opted into the beta program for Read More …

Are assistive technologies just for students with IEPs and 504s? In this session, we will explore the tools that students can use to make learning and classroom resources better fit their needs (and also some that we may eventually need later in our lives). Learn about technologies that support, physical, visual or auditory needs of Read More …

For those students who are easily distracted, there are a few plugins and add-ons to Safari that can help students stay focused. 1. Get Safari Extensions 2. Search Safari Extensions 3. AdBlock to Limit Web Distractions 4. WasteNoTime to Stay Focused on the Internet 5. OneNote Web Clipper to Highlight and Take Notes from the Read More …

For students struggling with writing, Apple has built in Voice-to-Text and thesaurus features that can help students complete writing assignments. In the following sections, learn how to use these features to support students’ writing. 1. Automatically Check Spelling and Grammar 2. Get Suggestions While Checking Spelling and Grammar 3. Start Dictation from Keyboard 4. Start Read More …

A built-in dictionary and the Dictionary application can be used to look up definitions and words similar to those in a text. This feature is supported in Safari as well as other apps following the same instructions. For more information: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21573 1. Trackpad Look Up – Dictionary 2. Right-Click Look Up 3. Dictionary App Read More …

In just about any application, you can use VoiceOver technology to read the contents of the screen. For struggling readers, you can use text-to-speech commands to read the content of an article. Text-to-speech works best in combination with Safari Reading View (covered in the previous section). Support in OSX for this feature is described Read More …